Before everything goes out

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"What?!"

"You mean they were wearing bracelets?"

"Impossible! Aunt Xue couldn't possibly be mistaken!"

Outside Yuan Dahai's house.

Ma Xueqin and her group, who had been waiting for a long time, were utterly shocked, as if the sky had fallen.

"Yes, I checked, all three of them have it."

Yuan Dahai confirmed it once again.

"If you don't believe me, you can go in and see for yourselves. Besides, since I've already risked going in, why would I lie to you? If they didn't have the bracelets on their hands, I would have already taken out my gun."

silence.

Ma Xueqin and the others remained silent, their faces grim.

They've already communicated with the amusement park, and someone will be coming soon.

I had planned to lay the groundwork beforehand, disarm the others, and earn more performance points, but I didn't expect to misjudge them this time.

"Damn! So much meddle!"

Sun Cheng, who had shaved off his eyebrows, cursed under his breath.

He stood at the doorway, clutching a sharp knife in his hand, his eyes gleaming with malice.

"So what if we have guns? They're all asleep anyway. Let's go in and slit the throats of those two men, and we won't bother with the woman."

Seeing that he was about to open the door, another person quickly stepped forward and stopped him.

"Brother Cheng, don't be impulsive. They're from the investigation team. Even if we can handle them, Paradise won't dare take that woman in. Besides, if we take them down, not only will the few of us be wiped out, but the entire Wan Jin Yuan will be razed to the ground."

"Damn it! What do we do now?!"

Sun Cheng paced back and forth at the door, like an ant on a hot pan.

"Does this mean the people from the amusement park will have made a wasted trip?"

"What a waste of a trip! Where does Aunt Xue put her face now?"

The atmosphere was tense as they argued in hushed tones.

In their anxiety, the young people all looked to Ma Xueqin, hoping that this shrewd strategist could come up with some ideas.

Unexpectedly, under several expectant gazes, Ma Xueqin simply sighed and shook her head:

"There's nothing we can do. We can't afford to mess with the investigation team. I'll apologize to the amusement park. It's better to find out early than to lose our lives..."

"Luckily, Brother Yuan helped us this time. Otherwise, it would have been a real mess. Whether we could have handled it or not, we would have suffered the consequences."

Ma Xueqin said.

He told the others to put away their weapons and then left.

Although the young people were unwilling, they couldn't think of a better solution and had no choice but to comply.

but.

Before turning to leave, Ma Xueqin suddenly turned back and casually asked Yuan Dahai:

"By the way, Brother Yuan, it's not that we don't believe you, but are you sure you saw it clearly? That white bracelet doesn't glow, it's not very noticeable at night. Are you wearing a watch and you're mistaken?"

"Impossible, I was that close, I'm sure I didn't see wrong."

"Are you sure you're not seeing things?"

"Oh, don't worry, both of my eyes are 5.0."

Yuan Dahai was very serious.

"Tell me what that bracelet looks like."

"It's white, about this wide, and I'll wear it on my right hand."

Yuan Dahai answered quite fluently.

He even went so far as to mimic the gesture by putting two fingers together, just as he imagined.

But the next second...

Ma Xueqin's face turned cold, and she ordered the others to pin him to the ground.

"Chef Yuan, you dare to mess with us?"

In a panic, Yuan Dahai was suddenly pinned to the ground and unable to move.

He struggled to lift his head and saw Ma Xueqin squatting in front of him, her expression ferocious.

"Where did this white bracelet come from? I saw dozens of bracelets at the amusement park, and they were all fucking black!"

Yuan Dahai was stunned for a moment.

He then realized that he had been set up.

Having never seen a real bracelet, he could only describe it based on Ma Xueqin's account.

"I knew it! How could I be wrong? Those guys didn't look like soldiers at all. Tell me, why are you helping a few bandits lie?"

"They brought my son back..."

Yuan Dahai stiffened his neck.

His movements were firm, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.

"I'm certain Yangyang wasn't kidnapped by them, so even if they are bandits, they're good bandits..."

"Forget about good or bad, don't you want to live a life where you have enough to eat?"

"I think so, but I don't want to repay kindness with enmity."

"Oh, so you're quite noble, aren't you?"

Ma Xueqin sneered and beckoned to the people next to her.

"Come on, Xiao Cheng, help him up."

Sun Cheng grinned maliciously as he stepped forward, held a knife to Yuan Dahai's neck, and lifted him off the ground.

"so."

Ma Xueqin gently patted Yuan Dahai's face with her hand.

With a knife held to his side, the little toughness on his face vanished completely, replaced only by terror; even the touch of his hand softened.

"For the sake of being neighbors, I'll let you off the hook for now. Now, you obediently lead us inside to find the bandits, call them out of the bedroom, and tell them your son is in pain and ask them for medicine. We'll take care of them one by one at the door."

"this..."

Yuan Dahai was about to shake his head when Ma Xueqin pinched his face, making him unable to move.

"If you cooperate, and I agree to this in front of so many people, you'll definitely get your share of the benefits afterward..."

"If you don't cooperate, after we deal with a few bandits, we'll have plenty of ways to deal with you. Even if you're not afraid of death, you'd better think about your son, your wife..."

"Hehe, Aunt Xue, I don't think we need to wait until later. If he dares to play any tricks, let's take care of him first!"

Sun Cheng gritted his teeth.

As a fool, what he hates most is deception.

Right now, he already hates Yuan Dahai, who deceived him, to the core.

As the knife pressed against his hand, Yuan Dahai felt a stinging pain under his neck and quickly nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you in right away."

The group exchanged glances and readily agreed.

Of course, the knife was still held to Yuan Dahai's neck.

"There's nothing I can do, they forced me into this, they forced me into this..."

Yuan Dahai muttered to himself.

The thought of what was going to happen in his bedroom later terrified him so much that his legs trembled and he could barely walk.

He had seen this kind of scene before in the past ten years, but he had only ever watched it from afar and had never participated in it.

"Look at you, such a coward! No wonder everyone in the neighborhood calls you 'Coward Yuan'!"

Behind me, I heard a mocking voice from some young man.

Yuan Dahai not only didn't care about that sound, but he was also tired of hearing it.

"Coward."

"A good-for-nothing."

"Cowardly turtle."

To survive and protect his family, he had long since abandoned any semblance of dignity.

If kowtowing and kneeling could earn him a full meal, he would kneel for three days and three nights.

If being ungrateful once could save his life, he would rather be a villain.

Which room?

"The second bedroom is right here."

Yuan Dahai led the group, trembling, through the living room to the door of the second bedroom.

Turn around.

In the dim light, he saw the people behind him holding machetes or axes, each with a fierce look on their faces.

Turn back again.

Through the tightly closed door, his fingers trembled as he tapped the handle and gently turned it.

Rotate.

Rotate.

With an almost inaudible cracking sound, the instant he turned to a certain angle, he suddenly took a deep breath and screamed wildly:

"Get up! Someone's trying to kill you..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

The cleaver was already piercing his neck, rendering him unable to utter a single syllable.

My neck felt slightly cool, followed by the sweet, metallic taste of blood.

As a spurt of blood gushed out, his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground. In a daze, he was kicked again, and his vision blurred and swirled.

On his deathbed.

What flashed before his eyes was not the image of cowardice that had accumulated in his mind over the years, but a summer afternoon when he was sixteen.

He got into a fight by the river under the blazing sun.

I can't remember the reason.

All he remembered was that after that fierce victory, he got up from the ground, ran barefoot along the riverbank, laughing wildly, his face bruised and swollen, yet he also shouted as he stepped on the sharp stones.

"We won..."

"I won..."

The sound was muffled due to the backflow of blood.

Overwhelmed with a long-lost sense of exhilaration, Yuan Dahai slowly closed his eyes.